NJPAC / Center St. | ||||||||||||
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NJPAC/Center Street station platforms | ||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||
Location | McCarter Highway and Center Street Newark, New Jersey | |||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°44′22″N 74°09′56″W / 40.7395°N 74.1655°W / 40.7395; -74.1655 | |||||||||||
Owned by | New Jersey Transit | |||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||
Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes | |||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||
Other information | ||||||||||||
Station code | 30773 | |||||||||||
Fare zone | 1 | |||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||
Opened | July 17, 2006 (July 17, 2006) | |||||||||||
Services | ||||||||||||
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NJPAC/Center Street station is a light rail station on the Newark Light Rail's Broad Street Extension. It is located in Downtown Newark, New Jersey, on the south west corner of the McCarter Highway and Center Street at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) at the northern end of Military Park. The station is above ground, as is the rest of the line to the north. To the south, after crossing Center Street, the train enters a tunnel to the underground station at Newark Penn Station. NJPAC/Center Street is the southernmost station on this line, which links two of Newark's three train stations. To the south of Center Street is Newark Penn Station and to the north is Broad Street Station with stops at Atlantic Street and Riverfront Stadium on game days. Riding southbound the train leaves Broad Street and stops at Harriet Tubman Square, NJPAC/Center Street, and Penn Station. Service on this line opened on July 17, 2006, at 1:00 p.m. EDT.
References
- "NJPAC/Center Street". NJ Transit. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
- "Newark Light Rail" (PDF) (Map). NJ Transit. September 2022. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
- "Broad Street Extension of Newark Light Rail Celebrates 10 Years". New Jersey Transit (Press release). Newark, New Jersey. July 18, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
- New Jersey Transit Travel Alert announcing opening of Newark Light Rail Extended service.
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